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ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN


04087440       LAKE MICHIGAN AT CHICAGO LOCK AT CHICAGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°53'18", long 87°36'27" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4 SE1/4 sec.10, T.39 N., R.14 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 04060200, on the lakeside of the downstream left guidewall, approximately 75 ft west of the riverside gates of the Chicago Lock.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- Indeterminate.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

 

STAGE: August 1997 to September 2003.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 579.48 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Chicago City Datum).

 

REMARKS.-- Gage provides stage data to determine Illinois' diversion of Lake Michigan water.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

STAGE: Maximum gage height, 3.84 ft, May 31, 1998; minimum, -3.79 ft., Feb 11, 2002, exaggerated due to wave action.




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